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The validity of Performance Environment Perception Scales: Environmental predictors of citizenship performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2015

Arthur E. Poropat
Arthur E. Poropat*
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, QLD, Australia
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Abstract

This research examined the validity of Performance Environment Perception Scales (PEPS), a new instrument designed to assess performance-relevant aspects of the work environment. A sample of 156 employees of an Australian university completed PEPS and their supervisors rated their task and citizenship performance. Confirmatory Factor Analysis showed PEPS to have a valid factor structure, and PEPS were found to be significantly correlated with citizenship performance, but not with task performance. Although this finding is consistent with theoretical predictions, PEPS are apparently the first measures of work environment perceptions that have confirmed this. Thus PEPS show promise as measures for use in future research and organizational development projects that focus on relationships between the work environment and performance. Limitations of the research and implications for the validity of PEPS, as well as for future research and practice, are discussed.

Keywords

Performance Environment Perception Scalescitizenship performancetask performancevalidation study
Type
Research Article
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Journal of Management & Organization , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 2010 , pp. 180 - 190
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 2010

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